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Colorado-Utah Notes
March 05, 2016 | Men's Basketball
Team
Colorado finishes the regular season at 21-10, 10-8 in the Pac-12 Conference. The Buffaloes finish in sole possession of fifth place in the final league standings and will be the No. 5 seed at the 2016 Pac-12 Tournament, March 9-12, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Colorado's 21 regular season wins tie for the most in team history, matching the 1996-97 and 2013-14 teams.
Colorado dropped its fifth straight road game and fell to 1-3 against ranked opponents in 2015-16.
Utah narrows Colorado's lead in the series to 26-19 and have won the last five and six of the last eight. The Utes take over the Pac-12 series lead (since 2011-12) at 6-5.
Colorado shot a season-low 30.5 percent and matched a season low with 18 field goals made (also 18 against Penn State on Dec. 22). Utah's 31.0 percent from the field and 18 field goals were both the second lowest by a CU opponent this season.
The Buffaloes were outrebounded for just the sixth time this season (43-42). Utah's 43 rebounds matched an opponent season high (Iowa State on Nov. 13).
Utah closed out the game on a 26-10 run. Colorado made only two of its final 12 shots over the final 8:15.
Colorado's bench outscored Utah 28-4.
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Tre'Shaun Fletcher (12 points, 3-of-4 3FG, 3-3 FT) led Colorado in scoring for the second time this season. His 12 points matched the season low for a CU leading scorer (Xavier Talton also led with 12 at UCLA). Fletcher scored in double-digits for the second straight game and ninth time this season. He made his first two 3-point attempts, giving him five straight over two games. Fletcher has made 7-of-9 from 3-point range the last three games. He made 88.2 percent from the free throw line during the conference season (30-of-34).
Wesley Gordon (8 rebounds, 4 blocks) moved into 15th in career rebounds (655) passing Jim Creighton who had 653 from 1970-72. He has had at least four blocks in six games and his season total of 66 is fifth on CU's single-season list.
Xavier Talton (6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals) played in his 132nd career game tying Cory Higgins (2007-11) for third on CU's all-time list. He was 2-of-3 from 3-point range after missing all five attempts the previous two games.
Tory Miller (7 points, 6 rebounds) back-to-back games of seven points, Miller has made 6-of-13 from the field the last two games.
Josh Scott (11 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks) scored in double-digits for the 27th time in 29 games and the 93rd of his career. He made his 117th career start, putting himself alone in third place on CU's all-time list. He also moved into sole possession of ninth in career games played at 121. Scott inched closer to second on CU's career blocks list. He now has 159, just two behind Ted Allen (1992-95).